Ok so I took my 1800C out for a ride today, and did some thing I don't normally do.
I did a 3 runs threw the gears from a stop at WOT. :mosh::47b20s0:
So I had a problem I have never really had before. Not only do I almost never do WOT runs, but I have never had a bike with this much power before ether. So I'm not sure whats going on here.
So I took off in first making a right turn all 3 times and as soon as I got the bike straight up I rolled the throttle to 100% in 1st gear, then grabbed 2nd, then 3rd and let off at about 75mph.
My problem is that in both 1st, and 2nd gear the bike felt like ether the clutch was slipping, or the tire was spinning.
Its hard to explain. But the revs climbed, and the bike was accelerating, but not as fast it could, then I feel "something" hook up as I neared the top 1/3 of the gear.
I am not sure if my clutch is slipping, or of I'm actually spinning the tire.
The feeling when everything "hooks up" is what I would think the tire catching traction would feel like. Its like all the sudden the tire grabs and there is a light shudder in the bike and you can feel that its now accelerating faster! And that the revs now match the road speed increase. But this happens so fast its hard for me to tell if its the tire catching traction, or the clutch finally locking up.
I did this 3 times, (Was not planning to, but when it did it the first time, I decided to see if it would keep doing it.) and then I stopped beating on it. :hmm2:
I did a few pulls in 4th and 5th where I was rolling in gear, and I went WOT to see if the clutch would slip. Nothing. Bike did what I expected it to do. It went faster! LOL
And it never seamed to do this when I shifted to 3rd gear ether.
So I went back to one of the places it happened and looked at the road, but I do not see any marks there ether. Tho its not like I was smoking the tire or anything, so I was not really expecting to find any thing.
I have never had a bike with enough power to spin the tire before, so I am not sure whats going on here.
What do you guys think? Spinning the tire? Or clutch slipping?
I'm the second owner, bike has just under 13k on it. Rear tire is a newer Dunlop E3 with lots of life left. Road was dry and clean, temp was about 80*.
Thanks guys!
I did a 3 runs threw the gears from a stop at WOT. :mosh::47b20s0:
So I had a problem I have never really had before. Not only do I almost never do WOT runs, but I have never had a bike with this much power before ether. So I'm not sure whats going on here.
So I took off in first making a right turn all 3 times and as soon as I got the bike straight up I rolled the throttle to 100% in 1st gear, then grabbed 2nd, then 3rd and let off at about 75mph.
My problem is that in both 1st, and 2nd gear the bike felt like ether the clutch was slipping, or the tire was spinning.
Its hard to explain. But the revs climbed, and the bike was accelerating, but not as fast it could, then I feel "something" hook up as I neared the top 1/3 of the gear.
I am not sure if my clutch is slipping, or of I'm actually spinning the tire.
The feeling when everything "hooks up" is what I would think the tire catching traction would feel like. Its like all the sudden the tire grabs and there is a light shudder in the bike and you can feel that its now accelerating faster! And that the revs now match the road speed increase. But this happens so fast its hard for me to tell if its the tire catching traction, or the clutch finally locking up.
I did this 3 times, (Was not planning to, but when it did it the first time, I decided to see if it would keep doing it.) and then I stopped beating on it. :hmm2:
I did a few pulls in 4th and 5th where I was rolling in gear, and I went WOT to see if the clutch would slip. Nothing. Bike did what I expected it to do. It went faster! LOL
And it never seamed to do this when I shifted to 3rd gear ether.
So I went back to one of the places it happened and looked at the road, but I do not see any marks there ether. Tho its not like I was smoking the tire or anything, so I was not really expecting to find any thing.
I have never had a bike with enough power to spin the tire before, so I am not sure whats going on here.
What do you guys think? Spinning the tire? Or clutch slipping?
I'm the second owner, bike has just under 13k on it. Rear tire is a newer Dunlop E3 with lots of life left. Road was dry and clean, temp was about 80*.
Thanks guys!